The Survivors: Mitsubishi J8M Shusui – Imperial Japan’s Rocket Powered Interceptor

Just as the Allies were keen to gather as much information as they could on German rocket and jet technology during World War Two, the Japanese were likewise seeking this very same technology to aid their war effort. Their need was out of desperation, being constantly pounded by Allied bombing raids and rapidly losing territory they… Read More The Survivors: Mitsubishi J8M Shusui – Imperial Japan’s Rocket Powered Interceptor

February 4, 2017October 23, 2018 Deano19 Comments

The Survivors: Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet “The Devil’s Sled”

Following Germany’s World War Two defeat in 1945, the victorious Allies were keen to gather up as much of their jet and rocket technology and expertise as they could. These wunderwaffe (“wonder-weapon”) aircraft and rocket designs would go on to heavily influence western and Soviet aviation and rocketry in the coming years of the Cold War.… Read More The Survivors: Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet “The Devil’s Sled”

January 28, 2017October 23, 2018 Deano19 Comments

FHC Luftwaffe Flying Day 2016

The world’s only original flying Luftwaffe Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-5 ground attack “Butcher Bird” had alluded me for years. Yes I had seen this fine aircraft recovered from a Russian swamp and returned to flight numerous times on the ground but never in the sky. In 2012 the Flying Heritage Collection Luftwaffe Flying Day at Paine… Read More FHC Luftwaffe Flying Day 2016

August 20, 2016June 29, 2017 Deano7 Comments

Australian War Memorial: Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet

The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet was an ambitious and desperate project of the German war machine in World War Two. Send a Luftwaffe pilot screaming through the sky in a rocket powered, single engine, swept wing tailless interceptor at over 9oo km/h (close to 600 mph) to rapidly get above Allied bomber formations, then with… Read More Australian War Memorial: Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet

April 24, 2016July 24, 2016 Deano16 Comments